Sage Hill School

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**Sage Hill School**

Name	Sage Hill School
Address	20402 Newport Coast Dr
Location	Newport Coast, CA
Established	2000
Community	Suburban
Type	College Prep Academy
Head of School	Jacqueline Smethurst (Interim)
Grades	9 to 12
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Symbol	Lightning Bolt
Mascot	Bolt-Boy, who is currently out of commission
Colors	Silver and green
Newspaper	The Bolt
Website	Offical Site

Sage Hill School was founded in 1999, the first year it filed a Form 990 with the IRS. According to its 2000 Private School Affidavit filed with the state of California, it opened in September of 2000 with 35 Sophomores and 115 Freshmen. Today the school has grown to over 450 students in grades 9-12, including its largest Freshman class to date of 135 students in 2006. Sage Hill School was built on approximately 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land. According to a Los Angeles Times article dated January 28, 1999, the land is an agricultural preserve that was obtained in a 99-year ground lease from the Irvine Company. The school has the option to buy the land during the lease period. The construction costs were in the tens of millions of dollars.

1 About the School
2 Affiliations
3 Notable Faculty
4 References

[edit] About the School

Type of School: Coed college preparatory day school
Founded: 2000
Facilities: 30-acre campus with academic buildings, library, gymnasium, football/soccer field, baseball field, outdoor basketball and sand volleyball court, and outdoor amphitheater
Grades: 9-12 (2005 - 2006)
Total enrollment: 454 (2005 - 2006)
Tuition: $21,600 for the 2006-07 school year
Percentage of class receiving financial aid: 16% (2005 - 2006)
Average SAT: 1312 (2004 - 2005)
Faculty: 46 full and part time
Faculty Degrees: 100% Bachelors, 70% masters or PhD
Average Class Size: 15-20 with 20 being maximum
Max school size: 500 students
Max students per grade: 150
21 teams offered in 12 Varsity & JV sports as part of the Academy League of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)

[edit] Affiliations

Accreditation Western Association of Colleges and Schools
Accreditation California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS)
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB)
Education Records Bureau (ERB)
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

[edit] Notable Faculty

Nourredine El Alam, math teacher and boys' soccer coach
Fred Morgan, teacher, philanthropist, graduate of the Groton School, and Bard College.
George Pratt, English teacher, playwright, author, graduate of Wesleyan University.